Now it was time to get my hands dirty. I started by building all the lower arms. The new, wider arms, weigh about twice as much as the stock ones, and they come in halves. You have to screw the two pieces together. Make sure you get yourself some extra long screws! I was hunting for an hour to find a set that would work. (They have to be about twice as long as the standard screw)
I then attached the new arms to the gear box, and attached the old hub carriers to the new arms. Make sure your hub carriers are on the correct side, as they do have some toe-in!
Next, I bolted in the shocks. You can clearly see the new mount location I drilled out on the suspension tower.
Finally, I began cutting threaded steel rod to the appropriate length so I could use it as a tie-rod. This took a little practice, but the finished products allows me to make some adjustments, where as the parts provided do not.
Before you attach the tie-rod to the hub, slip the new dog bone in. TADA! Thats it! Well, there is one other area you should check. If you are running speed tuned gears with stadium truck tires, it probably isn't going to work. I geared down to a 17 tooth pinion on a 74 tooth spur. This combination proved to be a little under-geared, but it was plenty fast for the dirt thrashing I was planning.
